This is a major problem hotels being built not for tourists but for the homeless which the city anticipates will increase and the taxpaying NYer’s will foot the bill. Guaranteed that these two buildings will house the homeless in your district – this is what has happened in Blissville Section in Long Island City.

The NYC Ferry system is set to undergo a significant expansion in coming months, with the Astoria route, connecting the western Queens neighborhood to Wall Street, getting a new stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring.

A 24-year-old Brooklyn man who crashed his car on the BQE in 2017 and left a 25-year-old Astoria woman inside his burning vehicle to die was sentenced yesterday to four to 12 years in prison, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.